Are You a Data Collector or a Data User?
The recent proliferation of digital assessment tools along with the rise of more formative and standards-based approaches to learning means K-12 schools are swimming in data. A good problem to have? Only if educators know how to effectively use it.
As schools shift focus from high-stakes testing to formative, through-course assessments, district leaders must adjust to these four mindsets to ensure the data collected is used to drive student outcomes.
- Collect Data → Use Data
- Measure Learning → Measure Learning Opportunity
- Intermittent Data Analysis → In-the-moment Data Analysis
- Disconnected District Decision-Making → Collaborative Connections with Classrooms
To read full download the whitepaper:
A District Leader’s Guide to Using Data